What I like about this class

I wad not surprised that Mr. McCool would assign us students some things like this after we expressed out frustration during the last entry. .I guess everyone needs a break and fresh air. So, this is what I like about English Class. First of all, the sanctuary of the class was pretty good, with fresh air and all. Note that I am not being sarcastic here. It is hard to maintain a good environment, and some teachers haven't been able to manage it. For, they will have dirty rooms with dirt all over the place, causing students to sneeze and sniff A lot of the class rooms are also pretty stuffy, and students often fall asleep under that "warm" atmosphere. This class, however is different and I like it. Another thing that I like about this class will be the tone of our teacher.  Instead of having a plain, robotic voice, our teacher's voice is emotional and playful so it is hard for students to fall asleep the way they did in some other class. And the most ironic thing about this is that those teachers never understood that the student did not meant to do such a thing.

What I don't Like About This Class

I felt rathered ashamed for not doing this assignment when it was due, but doesn't matter cause I am going to go ahead and write it anyway. For, I have so many things to express. There are "several" things in which I disliked about this class, and one of them is having is the unnecessary confusion when turning in homework and assignments. When students were assigned a homework assignment, the most major problem that they should be worrying about is wither or not if their assignment was 1. on time. 2. has the right content. This class, however is different. Student's work actually get sent back and marked incomplete for not sending in with the correct file name, tagged the correct tag( and sometimes it is careless mistakes that no one can avoid), or had the correct title. It just isn't necessary, other teachers have managed to receive homework without these rules. Taking Ms. Lucy- our expository writing teacher for an instance, she had around three or four classes, yet she still managed WITHOUT any of those strict rules. Therefore, showed that it IS manageable if the teacher is organized. No offense, please don't take this personally. Another issue of this class is that the books, stories and literature we interacted are not related to our lives, which makes the class far less interesting than it could have been. Another thing that I disliked about this class is that there are far too many answer-the-question kind of homework and far too less homework projects. I suppose it is understood by the majority that projects much more fun than sheet questions. Mr. Lex, our history teacher gave us a lot of history projects. And the student's participation and learning from the assignments are great. And besides, don't you agree that projects are far more interesting to LOOK at or GRADE than a regular homework assignment? So I suppose it will be a win- win for all of us.

Jackson v. Frietchie

Barbra Frietchie is a powerful old woman who is brave, noble, and very strong-minded. She stood up for what she thinks it is right, even through times that she have to do so alone. Although she is a highly admirable character, I do not agree with her actions when she met the confederate troops. I know, that this sounds strange. How can anyone disagree her actions? The reason is very simple: She could have gotten all of her town killed. What if Stonewall Jackson was in a terrible mood and didn't want to waste his time hearing her speech? He could have killed all of them, and of course, all of the flags would have been torn apart, the way the people the that town would be. She, was putting the life of many at sake. So, I for one think that her actions aren't the BEST way solve her problem.  I still admire her courage, though, for it isn't easy to be the only one waving your flag in front of your enemies, and it gets especially scary when you have to do it alone. Stonewall Jackson, on the other hand is also a powerful man with a heart as hard as stone. For, he had killed millions on the battle field, how can he not be? He is also brave, and very much strong minded, he is pretty noble as well. For, not killing an enemy who was obviously against him. That was noble, thinking of not only himself but majority before him.  He could have felt angry that the old dame embarrassed him, and killed her. He didn't though, which is what makes him admirable.

Frietchie v Jackson

  Barbra Frietchie is a powerful old woman who is brave, noble, and very strong-minded. She stood up for what she thinks it is right, even through times that she have to do so alone. Although she is a highly admirable character, I do not agree with her actions when she met the confederate troops. I know, that this sounds strange. How can anyone disagree her actions? The reason is very simple: She could have gotten all of her town killed. What if Stonewall Jackson was in a terrible mood and didn't want to waste his time hearing her speech? He could have killed all of them, and of course, all of the flags would have been torn apart, the way the people the that town would be. She, was putting the life of many at sake. So, I for one think that her actions aren't the BEST way solve her problem.  I still admire her courage, though, for it isn't easy to be the only one waving your flag in front of your enemies, and it gets especially scary when you have to do it alone. Stonewall Jackson, on the other hand is also a powerful man with a heart as hard as stone. For, he had killed millions on the battle field, how can he not be? He is also brave, and very much strong minded, he is pretty noble as well. For, not killing an enemy who was obviously against him. That was noble, thinking of not only himself but majority before him.  He could have felt angry that the old dame embarrassed him, and killed her. He didn't though, which is what makes him admirable.

Do the right thing

I suppose I have to make this clear at the beginning of my entry, so there will be no confusions and misleads. First of all, I forgot to bring my journal entry notebook home, and the journal wasn't posted on the prompt page. Which is the raeson that I am looking up another classmates's blog, inorder to identify the question, and so it might sound similar to the class mate's blog. Please note that I am not copying. So, that will be my confession. Now, back to the entry. There are a couple of heros we have discussed, and they are Harriet Tubman, Barbra Frietchie and Stonewall Jackson. All very famous known for their courge of doing the right thing. There is Harriet Tubman, risking her own life and freedom just to save a bunch of black slaves that she don't know. There is also Barbra Frietchie who dared to wave her country's flag in front of her enemy. There is also Stonewall Jackson, who had fought millions and had also killed billions choosing to spare, or respect to be more excact the old enemy's surporter, because of her courge. These people are all doing what we called the right thing. The heros that I had written about last time are Harriet Tubman and Brad Cohen, since they both have to fight against extreme conditions, but they stood up to meet their challenges instead of shying away from it. Which was a brave and noble act to do. As in for me, I wouldn't excactly call myself a hero since I had not done something brave or noble. But I try to do the right thing whenever I can.

Standing up for Your Beliefs

Heros are people, who are admired or idealized for courage, outstanding acheivents or noble qualities. There are a lot of heros in history, all having to stand up for their beliefs. Which, can be hard. Harriet Tubman, for example had to leave her comfomity and freedom behind, back to the land of slavery that she had once tried so hard to escape just to save African slaves. Reason? Because she believed that all men should be able to have freedom, be the master of their own life. Even a black slave.( I am not discriminatnig anyone or anything, just saying out of the point of view of people at that time. Nothing personel.) And she stood up for her believes. That was a terribly brave act to do, which is why people named her a hero. Another example would be an award winning teacher named Brad Cohen who had a disease that caused him to make weird noises and sound that he do not want to make, and the worse thing about this is that he can not control it. Well, Brad wants to be a teacher but 24 schools rejected him. Yet, he stood up to his belief of being a great teacher and not to be defeated by his disease, he continued on until a school finally accepted him. He later won an award for his great teaching. As in for me, I am not religious or anything so I don't really have anything to stand up for. But if I really have to state one, I would say to have democrecy in countries. Give people the right to vote, be educated...etc. So we can have a more succesful goverment and comminity.

Cinderella Story

Though a lot of you may have thought that your life and the people around you are too boring to actually have such a dramatic life, I do and please note that I am not making this up. She was a popular high schooler when we first met, with cherish laughs and confident smiles. Her eyes are clear blue, and her hair were typical honey blond. She fitted right into the image of a popular american beauty. That was two years ago, before she had cancer and had to go through radiotherapy. Which had costed her oh so dearly, she lost her hair, and of course her perfect image. Going through radiotherapy is hard, you don't only expereince physical and mental pain, your confidence and personality may be also lost. As you look into the mirror and discovered your hair comming looser and looser everyday, and you beauty gone. She, ofcourse like all people had to go through that. " I often cried under my blankets when nobody was looking," she once told me. " That sure was a terrible time." Even when the procedure was painful, she gone through it and her cancer was finally cured. I still had the image of her, skinny and fragile with a blue New york Yankees( She doesn't have a favorable sports team, however. She just wore it because her mom gave it to her.) hat, her eyes shinnig with determination as she existed the hospital printed in my head. She later graduated from the university of Brown and was now a succesful engineer. Neither the story of Cinderella or the story of fighting cancer can relate to my own life. But I did heard many stories about them though.